2. Maxwell equations in vacuum:

• Plane wave solutions,

• Real and evanescent waves

• Polarization: Stokes parameters and Jones calculus

• Propagation of 1D wave packets
  

3. Fourier transform and plane-wave expansion for the electromagnetic fields

• Scalar and vector potentials

• Hertz vector potentials

• Energy, linear and angular momentum densities
  

4. Scalar optical beams with nonplanar wave fronts

• Angular spectrum representation

• Paraxial wave equation

• From scalar to vector solutions: cross-polarization
  

5. Hermite-Gauss and Laguerre-Gauss solutions of the paraxial wave equation

• Quantum-like formalism for paraxial waves
  

6. From the density matrix to the coherency matrix: Statistical optics

• Amplitude and intensity correlations

• Speckles and theory of partially coherent light

The exercises will mainly consist in applications of the concepts presented in the lectures.

Credits: 5

UE: Exercises in Classical Optics

Dozent/in: Dr. Andrea Aiello
Zeit und Ort: Mi 10:00 - 12:00, SR 01.332